Arnie Leder with a St
Joe River bull winter-run taken on the swing - November 25th

Jays Report - December 1st

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thoughts regarding the removal of Pucker Street Dam on the Dowagiac
River in Niles, Michigan,
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It's finally feeling
more like late fall outside! Skamania-strain steelhead often keep us
occupied from mid-summer through fall, and certainly keep us entertained
until they wander back to Lake Michigan sometime in April. Unfortunately
that has not been the case this year and while there were some
opportunities for "skams", they were inconsistent at best. When this
happens we are dependant on winter-run strains such as the Little
Manistee to keep our rods bent. This fall (if you want to call it that)
has been more like a perpetual Indian Summer. Until now. Thankfully,
these husky steelhead are making their way up the tributaries of Southwest
Michigan and Northwest Indiana in good numbers. Perhaps most compelling
is their size - which has definitely been above average compared to the
past five years.

In a nutshell, IT'S
FINALLY TIME TO HIT THE RIVER! Recent rains and cool temperatures are
more like the steelhead weather we hope and pray for each fall. So it
was a few weeks late! Barring any huge shift in the jet-stream and
accompanying long term frigid temps, December looks to be a good one.
It's no secret that the best steelheading of the year often takes place
in December here in Michiana - in particular during years that include
weather anomalies such as the La Nina that has plagued us for a couple
of months.

Time is a wastin' and
my schedule is fairly tight. Get in touch with me ASAP so we can track
down a date or two and take advantage of this amazing resource!

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Brandon Enright -
Dowagiac November 13th

Troy Owen worked all
day for this wild "skipper" steelhead - A for Effort! - November 20th

Chromage!

Tom hates northerns...smile
Tom :)

Ten pounds of ugly!

Getting
LOTS of these!

Let it run!

Kevin Goldstein and his hard-earned longbeard!

The Anglin boys, RJ
and Mitchell on the last day of Indiana's 2016 season...it doesn't get
any better!

Austan and Logan -
Sibling Jakes two weeks apart...

In my glory! High noon
strutter...

DU's Dave Neal and I
rehashing his hunt...photo by Josh Lantz

Tom and a dandy
"drop-back" female steelhead and a feisty "war-painted" buck

Two Michigan
longbeards surrendered eternally to Mitchell and Jay Anglin Sunday April
24th

Michael Bresler with a
handsome Skamania-strain getting into the fall spirit!

Hanson brothers and a
fine brown...

Guide Kory Boozer
headed back to the boat after landing a fish...

Ed McGee digging his
heels in with an absolute monster king that we never did land
unfortunately...

Tom let me hold
his...king

Eric with a nice
late-season St Joe smallie that smashed a crankbait...

Paul and "Doc" -
September 19th
This guy was well worn!

Nate, VJ, Chu and Jon
who holds his absolute sow of a smallmouth from Kory Boozer's boat
(Kory's photo)! - September 20th

Bachelor Boy Chu with
a dandy Northern Pike...one of three we landed!

Congrats to RJ Anglin
on his first steelhead! This fish had obviously been injured recently by
a muskie...note the teeth marks and tearing down near the pelvic fin and
the bite mark above RJ's bandaged finger. The other side
of the fish displayed a perfect bite radius like the ones you see on
surfboards after a Great White hit. Yes, there are some monsters in the
St Joe!

OUCH!

My vote for coolest
hair of the summer is Jeremy...you can use it as your album cover dude!
His Uncle Bruce is cheesing it up too!

Jason Brownewell and the "Best Day of the Year"...these are just a
sample of many fish he landed on April 28th

Hello. My name is Jay
and I'll be your guide...

Not bad for a cell
phone!

Ken Hammer and Jeremy
Spaccapaniccia - April 21st

Mitchell and RJ Anglin
pulled off a true double on stud gobblers! - April 20th

Keg Avakian - April 18th

This one was real twitchy...you can tell Keg was having a hard time with
it. Flat crazy that one!

Kurt Lindland and Crew
- April 18th

Richardson brothers - April 15,16,17

These boys here just
whooped on um...

Craig and Phil
Hanson, both first steelhead! (I think) - April 16th
Do you see why now?

Carnage...

Peter Koerner and Karl Doppelberger - April 13th

This was Peter's first steelhead which is surprising as he is an
above average stick-man with all that college lacrosse experience. She
took us to the timber and wrapped up tight. Rod be damned, Pete tried to
run his rig under the tree (with enthusiastic coaxing from yours
truly) and it wouldn't clear and eventually became jammed. I would
occasionally get glimpses of her but assumed that she'd finally broken
the tippet. When Peter grabbed his fly line to try and pull the rod out,
the fish shot up from the depths and appeared before me. I could barely
hold my footing in the rapid fire current thereabouts, and just when I
thought all was lost, I was able to make a good stab at her and she
torpedoed into the bag. Do it long enough and crazy shit will happen.
Congrats my friend...she was a fine fish. And she swam free for another
battle. It only took drowning your iPhone...a small price.

Blake Morse with a
wild steelhead smolt from the Dowagiac - December 27th

Blake Morse and a Michigan Sow...they brutalized each other - December
27th

My 9 year old son RJ
clearly has a horseshoe embedded deeply somewhere! He's taken less than
ten geese in his brief four month hunting career, of which two were
banded in Ontario including a 12 year old bird...
Jan 20th and Feb 2nd, 2014

It was a good duck
season...

Mitchell and
RJ Anglin with two big blizzard honkers January 5th
Brown Trout...such a
demeaning name! - Doc Stewart November 22nd
Chuck Roberts always catches fish the day after Christmas!

These compressed and
poorly focused, pixilated, crappy cell phone photos are what happens
when the screen on a smartphone is wet and you can't get anything to
work right!

It's a great time to
be a waterfowl hunter...why aren't you in this photo?
Four man limit of Canadas and mallards...

Chi Fly's Will Winans
taking care of business - with Ken Hammer, March 28th

And
THEN...

Blake Morse put a whuppin' on some serious steel - March
29th

What a week of
steelhead fishing. I will never forget some of these gorgeous fish and
the exemplary job the anglers did to catch them!
Nearly deserted river, small flies, light tippet and wild steelhead...it
just doesn't get any better!

Joel Rhoades - April
1st

Doc Stewart - April
3rd
Yes...Doc is standing in deeper water!

Frank Leigner, Bob and
Greg - April 4th
Greg
Frank...playing the part of the Moray Eel in today's production, Mrs.
Steelhead
Bob's fancy Brown Trout...it should be noted that Bob has freakishly
large hands. This is actually a 19 inch trout!

Mitchell Anglin, Eric
Stulc and Jim Ligda...watching another crew a mile west drop the hammer
on them - Super SundayChuck and Ken -
December 27th (web compressed iPhone 5 photos...it can be done)Chuck and another fine
Southwest Michigan wild steelhead...

Feisty beyond his
years and hatchery origin this guy!
Justin and Judd Jennerjahn - December 11&12, 2012

Justin's stallion
brown! - 12/12/12

Justin gazes upon the
fish of his dreams (AO cheese factor **high**)

Scott Lawryn and Bob
Korecky - Bob's late November beauty!

Swing
and a hit!

Whole lotta pink goin' on with Andreas' first steel!

Friday was a lovely
day on the river...Gabe and his sweet
summer-run (note this gals fully developed egg funnel)- November 2ndScott made the AO
edition, Thursday November 1st

...and
another!

The Tigers
may be losers honey but you're a winner! WINNING!

Dec 7th 2011 - Judd's
epic day

Deuce on the Delta
Marsh, Manitoba - October 15, 2012

This could be your
hand Dude! Ron Abrant - St Joe
Cue the balloon...

Bearing gifts of food and trinkets...

2012 Stealthcraft
maiden voyage...

This is a big "green"
bass...now you know - Briggs family Sunday August 12th

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Hank and Chris Sledz -
November 19th - Michigan
Hank and a nice winter-run buck on the nymph rigNote: The slit dorsal
from being foul hooked by another anglerChris and his last
second battle wagon Skamania hen on the swing!Note: Belly fin clips
and crinkled dorsal indicate an Indiana hatchery Skamania

John Garrett and Fred
Statler's nice lake-run brown - November 14th Note: Tail and anal
fin wear as well as egg funnel which are indicative of spawning.
The slightly malformed dorsal fin suggests this is a female hatchery
fish that has recently spawned out.

This could be you...
Keith Webster - November 4th - The Original Pink Glove!Note: Malformed
dorsal and pelvic fins as well as rounded nose...this is a female
hatchery Skamania strain

Vance Webb and Ian Miller - 11/12
- Full disclosure, this badass was taken with Ian's rig on a BMF
while I was demonstrating good swinging technique. I hate that. Shit
eatin' grins courtesy of the steelhead and Ian's Brandy Liqueur...photo
by Vance.